Since the first NFL Draft in 1936, 24,844 players have been selected from 691 different schools.
More than one-third of the 130 active FBS programs have had at least one player selected first overall. One-half own at least one top-three selections and 80 have at least one top-10 selection. Old Dominion is the lone active FBS program with zero all-time draft picks.
Here is the highest NFL Draft pick in the history of each FBS team:
|
College
|
Player
|
Year
|
Pick
|
NFL Team
|
| Air Force |
Dan Palmer |
1997 |
178 |
San Diego Chargers |
| Akron |
Charlie Frye |
2005 |
67 |
Cleveland Browns |
| Alabama |
Harry Gilmer |
1948 |
1 |
Washington Redskins |
| Appalachian State |
Brian Quick |
2012 |
33 |
St. Louis Rams |
| Arizona |
Ricky Hunley |
1984 |
7 |
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Arizona State |
J.D. Hill |
1971 |
4 |
Buffalo Bills |
| Arkansas |
Darren McFadden* |
2008 |
4 |
Oakland Raiders |
| Arkansas State |
Bill Bergey |
1969 |
31 |
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Army |
Glenn Davis |
1947 |
2 |
Detroit Lions |
| Auburn |
Cam Newton* |
2011 |
1 |
Carolina Panthers |
| Ball State |
Shafer Suggs |
1976 |
33 |
New York Jets |
| Baylor |
Robert Griffin III* |
2012 |
2 |
Washington Redskins |
| Boise State |
Ryan Clady |
2008 |
12 |
Denver Broncos |
| Boston College |
Matt Ryan |
2008 |
3 |
Atlanta Falcons |
| Bowling Green |
Bernie Casey |
1961 |
8 |
Bernie Casey |
| Buffalo |
Khalil Mack |
2014 |
5 |
Oakland Raiders |
| BYU |
Ezekiel Ansah* |
2013 |
5 |
Detroit Lions |
| California |
Jared Goff* |
2016 |
1 |
Los Angeles Rams |
| Central Michigan |
Eric Fisher |
2013 |
1 |
Kansas City Chiefs |
| Charlotte |
Larry Ogunjobi |
2017 |
65 |
Cleveland Browns |
| Cincinnati |
Greg Cook |
1969 |
5 |
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Clemson |
Sammy Watkins* |
2014 |
4 |
Buffalo Bills |
| Coastal Carolina |
Jerome Simpson |
2008 |
46 |
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Colorado |
Bo Matthews |
1974 |
2 |
San Diego Chargers |
| Colorado State |
Gary Glick |
1956 |
1 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Connecticut |
Byron Jones* |
2015 |
27 |
Dallas Cowboys |
| Duke |
George McAfee |
1940 |
2 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
| East Carolina |
Chris Johnson* |
2008 |
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